Across
- 2. The type of disease where bone marrow transplantation is often used as a treatment.
- 3. The type of cells found in bone marrow responsible for producing blood cells.
- 5. The organ responsible for producing blood cells in adults.
- 7. The medical term for the destruction of bone marrow.
- 9. The abbreviation for the condition where the recipient's immune system attacks the donor's cells.
- 13. The matching of tissue types between the donor and recipient is crucial to prevent this type of reaction.
- 15. The term for a transplant where the donor and recipient are identical twins.
- 16. condition where the body's immune system attacks its own tissues, often treated with bone marrow transplantation.
- 18. The term for a transplant where the donor and recipient are unrelated but share some genetic markers.
Down
- 1. A type of transplant where stem cells are collected from the bloodstream instead of the bone marrow.
- 4. The process of transferring bone marrow from one person to another.
- 5. The abbreviation for a type of chemotherapy used to prepare the recipient for transplant.
- 6. The process of harvesting bone marrow from a donor.
- 8. The term for a successful engraftment of transplanted marrow.
- 10. The type of transplant where the recipient is their own donor.
- 11. The time period after a bone marrow transplant where the recipient is most vulnerable to infections.
- 12. The process of preparing the recipient's body for a bone marrow transplant.
- 14. The most common type of transplant where the donor's marrow is collected from the hip bone.
- 16. The procedure used to collect stem cells from the bloodstream.
- 17. The protein on the surface of cells that determines tissue compatibility.
